Two readings, one about gear, one about digital imaging in culture. Twee ...Before I start, a blog note: I read a stat recently which claimed that most Internet readers read only the first half of every article they read. TOP readers, being four times better than average, read all of every artic...

This is also a successor to the well-loved but orphaned Panasonic DMC-LC1/Leica Digilux 2 (2004). 2/3" sensor and same design aesthetic; Fujinon (2.0-2.8) lens instead of Leica DC Vario-Summicron (2.0-2.4); and OVF not EVF.

Well, that was fast. It appears that the x100 that's been making such an extended splash has already sprung an offshoot—or a "design-language" sibling, at least. This one is a sort of Canon G12-killer, with a zoom lens and a 2/3" (6.6x8.8mm, one of what we'd call "fingernail-sized" or digica...